Acer Chromebook C731 T-C42N Screen Replacement

ID: 200155

Description: This is a removal/replacement guide for the...

Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the three 3.6 mm-long screws securing the battery.
Lift the battery up and out.

Optional: Put on the Anti-Static Wrist Strap and ground it to something made of metal (not to the laptop or anything energized).

Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the eleven 6.8 mm-long screws on the lower case.

Insert an opening tool between the chassis and keyboard/palm rest assembly.
Pry around the entire perimeter until the assembly releases.
Slightly lift the assembly, with care not to strain the two connected ribbon cables.

Flip up the locking tab on the left ZIF connection and pull the cable out parallel to the to the socket.
Disconnect the second ribbon cable.
Remove the keyboard and palm rest assembly.

Remove the single 4.6 mm-long screw securing the wireless card.
Use the pointed end of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the two antenna cables.
Remove the Wi-Fi card.

Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the screws securing the right and left hinges.
Caution: Support the screen as it can and will fall over if you are not careful.
Remove the display assembly.

Use the iFixit opening pick, and insert it into a hollow spot on the screen's seam.
Use an iFixit opening tool in conjunction with the pick, carefully sliding either of the two tools across the seam around all 4 edges of the screen.
There is a magnet holding the screen in place, so there will be a small amount of force required. You may think you have not undone all of the clips holding the screen in, and while that may be true, it could also be the magnet.